Personal resiliency: Serious diagnosis and prognosis with unexpected quality outcomes

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-404

  Denz Penhey, Harriet ^a   Campbell Murdoch, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiences; Grounded theory; Healing; Health; Illness and disease; Life threatening; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849101573     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307313431     Document Type: Article

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